A/N: Ok um hi! This is my first ever fanfic that i've ever cared to write and um kinda a lil nervous on how people are gonna view this so like yeah. i'm a die hard bonkai fan and like i've had this idea roaming in my head and i couldn't not write it down so this is what this is. um, heavily inspired by black mirror's episode "hang the Dj". love that show. the characters are kinda ooc, kinda not. anndddd enjoy!

Bonnie always liked spring, the weather wasn't too cold or too hot. It was warm with the right amount of breeze to even it out. Also was an excuse to wear cute sundresses and get out the house more often.

Sometimes she missed being out in the 'real' world, she missed Mystic Falls where she mostly knew everyone and she missed her dad and grams. In here, Bonnie only knew a few people, all of them being her friends back in Mystic Falls and a few people that lived in her apartment complex.

Everyone here was nice, even the people in charge, who Bonnie imagined to be tough and mean looking. When she was born, the program was first being introduced to the world. People were skeptical and didn't think much of it. When she was 10 it became mandatory once you turned a certain age. Her grams disapproved of the program; it was stupid and people have been living well without it, her words, not Bonnie's.

Her dad hadn't had much to say about it, but Bonnie knew that he wished that the program was around when he was younger. She knew he hated being a single dad and resented Bonnie's mom for leaving him when she was young. One morning, Rudy had found that Abby's stuff was gone. He tried calling her but it went straight voicemail. Abby had left him, for good.

Rudy had spent the day trying to hide his heartbreak while also finding a way to tell his 5-year-old daughter, that her mom left and wasn't coming back. Ever since that day grams had been her substitute mom and it's been like that ever since. Not once did Bonnie think about her mom, nor did she care. She resented her too for leaving, without much of a goodbye.

The program, match, choose your dates and ultimately your soulmate. The first day here, Bonnie was nervous as hell thinking that she would have to jump right into dating. She had asked the little person on the phone they had given her, about how this program work and eventually spent the whole night talking to her person she called 'Zuri'.

Zuri had told her that she will get a signal about her first date when the time was right. For some people, it would take a day, a month or even a year until their first date. Bonnie had been here for at least 2 weeks and she enjoyed her free time, stress-free.

Her first week she spent it with her closest friends, Elena and Caroline. Who had been in the system a year before her since they were older.

Elena was with this guy named Liam and Caroline with Matt, which was awkward for a couple of days but she started to like him and now she's happy, Caroline had assured her.

Bonnie wished she didn't have to date someone she knew back home. The main reason being because they were all family to her and she never pictured herself with Tyler, Matt or Jeremy for that matter. They were family and it would mess their friendship if they had to break up in a year or month. Just the thought of it was fucking awkward to her.

The first few days of the second week, she spent it shopping with Caroline. Elena had recently broken up with Liam since their relationship had expired, and now was kicking it off with another guy.

Shopping with Caroline was fun and just like back home. Caroline was still her old preppy, bubbly self and still had a taste for anything fashion. Bonnie liked shopping with Caroline because she knew what looked good on Bonnie and was honest. Sometimes a little too honest.

But in the end, she had gotten really cute dresses to wear for her dates and some casual wear that Caroline said made her look like a hippie. Bonnie always had a taste for bohemian style clothing. Caroline? not so much.

Now here Bonnie was, lying on the grass. The smell of the grass relaxed her as she inhaled deeply, a small smile playing on her lips.

She was lying on a blanket she had laid out and was staring at the clouds. Trying to decipher of what they looked like to her. This was relaxing to Bonnie and she didn't want it to end, she felt impervious.

Until now.

A loud ringing noise rang, jumping Bonnie right out of her thoughts and she quickly sat up.

At first, confused and a little frightened, Bonnie didn't know where the sound was coming from. Until she concluded that the noise was coming from her small bag she had carried with her for the day.

She dug her hand in her bag, looking for the phone that was given to her when she first walked through these gates, the lady handing Bonnie the phone gave her a bright big smile that seemed a little too forced.

When Bonnie took the phone out the bag, the loud ringing noise stopped and immediately Zuri's voice replaced it.

"You a have a new match today, Bonnie," Zuri said.

Fuck, Bonnie thought to herself. She knew she would have to go on a date soon enough but wasn't sure she was ready yet. She's been on a handful of dates before outside these walls but they were never serious because they couldn't be. The only serious relationships that were allowed were the ones that match set up for you, otherwise, it was considered a rebellion against the government if they became anything more.

She didn't want to think about what would happen to her if she ever rebelled against the government, she's heard plenty of stories though. True or not. They were still unnerving.

"..What time?" Bonnie asked after a few seconds.

"I'll let you know when the time comes" Zuri replied quickly. She always did.

"But then how will I know when to get ready?" Bonnie questioned.

"I'll let you know when the time comes" Zuri repeated and Bonnie sighed. Zuri was obviously not going to give her a straight answer so why continue asking questions if they're going to go unanswered.

She put her phone down right next to her, not bothering to put it back in her bag and fell right back down with a sigh. The clouds she was staring at before were gone as the sky cleared. Just a moment ago, Bonnie was relaxed and enjoying the small moments, worry-free. Now here she was, worrying who her date was.

What would he look like?

Is he her type?

Would he like her?

Am I his type?

All these thoughts running through her head stressed Bonnie out even more.

One thing Bonnie also liked about being in this program was that their food was always good.

Caroline had taken Bonnie out to eat at her favorite diner, which turned out to be everyone's since it always seemed to be filled with people.

They were seated at a booth near the window and were waiting for the food which was taking way too long.

After learning that she was going to have her first date today, Bonnie phoned Caroline and asked her to hang out hoping that she wasn't too busy with Matt. Bonnie really needed a friend and some food to calm her nerves down and the right person for it was Caroline.

Caroline liked to talk, especially about herself. She was a great distraction for Bonnie and that's what she wanted. If she needed to talk about it, she would've called Elena.

Bonnie stared out the window to her right and watched a certain couple eating at a café across from the diner. The girl was happily talking while the guy looked bored, which made Bonnie frown.

What if that's the kind of relationship she would get? Her really liking the guy while he didn't feel the same or the other way around?

What if-

"Um, Bonnie are you listening to me?!" Caroline waved her hands in Bonnie's face, looking annoyed.

Bonnie snapped out of her thoughts, quickly blinking and turned to face her friend and apologized. "Sorry, what was that?"

Caroline rolled her eyes and shook her head. "'Never mind. What's up with you?"

"Huh?" Bonnie looked up at the waiter and quietly thanked them as they put their food down in front of them. Caroline doing the same.

"You asked me to hang out, and now here you are not hanging out with me. Because you're off in your own little world up here" Caroline pointed towards her head, raising her eyebrows. "And that means something is bothering you, so what's up?"

Bonnie played with the straw of her vanilla milkshake. She wasn't hungry anymore.

"How did your first date go in here?" She asked.

Caroline frowned and squinted her eyes.

"Is Bonnie Bennett finally going on her first date?"

"Yes, Care and I don't know what to do" Bonnie admitted, trying to eat her food so it wouldn't go to waste knowing if it did she would regret it later.

"Omg! Bonnie, this is exciting! This should be exciting for you, why aren't you excited about it?" Caroline shrieked, then muttering a 'sorry' when people gave her dirty looks.

"I already told you, Caroline. I don't know what to do." Bonnie said while stuffing a french fry in her mouth.

"...Go on the date, duh. What else is there to do?" Caroline looked at Bonnie like she was dumb and it was obvious.

"No Care-" Bonnie sighed and looked down. "What if I don't like him? Like what if he's disgusting or what if I'm not his type?"

"Oh my god, Bonnie. You're overthinking way too much" Caroline grabbed Bonnie's hand, her stare growing stern. "Stop it. The system knows what it's doing so that means you will have an amazing date. And everything will go fine. I mean take me as an example-

I'm with Matt and I never thought in a million years I would be with Matt. But now here I am with feelings for a guy I never really cared for. If that doesn't help calm your nerves then I don't know what else to say except for stop overthinking."

Bonnie bit her bottom lip, chewing away at the skin and nodded. "You're right, I am overthinking. My first date shouldn't be as bad as I'm making it out to be."

"Yes! Exactly what I've been trying to tell you. So, now on to important matters. What are you gonna wear?"

"I don't know why we can't just go out and buy a new dress for you, Bonnie. These are all so- blah" Caroline had complained while going through Bonnie's closet.

"Um, last time I checked you were the one that made me buy them." Bonnie reminded her while plopping down on her bed, sighing as she stared at her phone waiting for Zuri to pop up with new information on her date.

"Yeah but-"

"But nothing Caroline, I don't need a new dress to add to my pile of already new and unworn dresses in my closet. You know, I can do this by myself, you don't need-"

"No no, I want to do this. Kinda feel like I need to. Because when you're in a relationship with someone for a while, dressing up for dates really isn't a thing anymore. But anyways here- try this." Caroline turned around with a red crochet sheath dress in one hand and nude stiletto heels with the other.

Bonnie stood up and took the items from Caroline's hands and eyed them closely.

"Okay."

Bonnie arrived at the large restaurant where apparently she was going to have her first date.

Zuri had reminded her of it, 3 hours before and told her a small car was going to pick her up to take her to the destination.

Bonnie was nervous when she got in the black sedan and continued to be when she entered the restaurant. The restaurant had a respectable amount of security guards, which confused Bonnie. I mean what could go wrong at a restaurant?

She was on the second floor by following Zuri's directions on her phone and looked at her surroundings. The room was slightly dimmed to fit the mood and was filled with different first-time couples eating at their tables. Each table was filled except one, where someone sat alone.

Bonnie walked closer to the room and the man sitting lonely at the table, looked up at her and a smile formed on his lips.

Bonnie looked down at her phone and saw the same man smiling back at her, indicating that he was her date. At least he wasn't ugly, she thought.

She sat down in the chair front of him and smiled, trying to hide her nerves and failing a little.

"Hey" the smile was replaced by a sly smirk on her date's lips.

"Hi. I'm Bonnie"

"Kai."

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